In this paper I lay out some of the main theoretical methodological principles that underlie a
narratives-as-practices approach and discuss three foci that emerge from current research …

In this article, I focus on the design of stories as a specific feature, integrated into the spatial
architecture of platform affordances (ie on Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Weibo. I argue …

Small stories research has recently been extended as a paradigm for interrogating the
current storytelling boom on social media, which includes the design of stories as specific …

Despite the continued drive for sharing the self online, social media users have been
increasingly orienting to practices of 'not sharing'in the context of wider debates about digital …

Drawing on our 3-year digital ethnography of cross-partisan debates in the context of the
2020 US election and January 6 Capitol insurrection, this essay examines the affective and …

This chapter presents small stories and positioning as epistemological and analytical tools
for studying identities in narrative practices. We start by discussing the shift from views of …

Changing practices and perceptions of parenthood and family life have long been the
subject of intense public, political and academic attention. Recent years have seen growing …

This study examined mediatized death and emotion, specifically parasocial grieving, toward
high-profile celebrity Stephen Hawking's death from a global perspective. A thematic …

This editorial presents the theoretical background underpinning all the chapters of the
volume, which are part of a research project aiming at identifying the ways racist discourse …

This book explores visual political engagement online–how citizens participate in the
dynamism of life in society by expressing their opinions and emotions on various issues of …